unkempt

== English == === Alternative forms === uncompt (obsolete) === Etymology === From earlier unkembed, unkemmed, from Middle English unkempt (“uncombed”), equivalent to un- +‎ kempt. Compare Old Norse úkembdr (uncombed; unkempt"; > Icelandic ókembdur), German ungekämmt (“unkempt”), Dutch ongekamd. More at kemb. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌʌnˈkɛmpt/ Rhymes: -ɛmpt Hyphenation: un‧kempt === Adjective === unkempt (comparative more unkempt, superlative most unkempt) (of hair) Uncombed; dishevelled. (by extension) Disorderly; untidy; messy; not kept up. (figurative) Rough; unpolished ==== Synonyms ==== dishevelled slovenly ==== Translations ==== === References === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Uncompt”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 95, column 1.